REVIEW: Doritos Fiery Fusion and Cheetos Fiery Fusion

I have concluded that the above is the correct formula. Or as a recipe it would read, one part exaggerated masculinity and one equal part X-Games generation, a gallon of penis envy, and a pinch of misdirected anger will give you the douchebag.

Everyone remembers the late 90â€™s where everyâ€¦fuckingâ€¦thing was so damned EXTREME! (Extreeeeme!!!) And you know it was extra extreme when they got rid of the “e” and it was just X-treme or some stupid variation. Images of snowboarders, tats, overdone spiked hairdoâ€™s with goatees grasping some neon green drink, you know XXXXXTREME MUTHAfuckas!!! Red Bullâ€™s and FrÃ¯s Vodka anyone?

Once the 90â€™s gave way to the new millennium, the very common denominator of the public latched on to all the worst things about the EXTREME (Extreeeeme!!!) crowd. After the Y2K scare, Buckle clothing stores were popping up all over the malls like a gonorrhea infection. Davidoffâ€™s Cool Water cologne stepped aside for Axe Tiger Cock or something like that. Walking billboards for midlife crises were wearing Affliction shirts with Ed Hardy jeans and populating posh bars as they imbibed Jager-bombs (note: Sake bombs fall in this category too and if you order a sake bomb in a sushi restaurant, I guarantee your sashimi has been deservedly seasoned with ass-crack sweat).

This is the mutated ugly side of men who were not smart enough to understand metrosexual (which is a term I hate as well). And yes, food wasnâ€™t immune to this movement either. You arenâ€™t a real man unless you can eat those fucking ghost-chili hot wings or scotch bonnet poppers filled with Szechuan whatever the hells. Be a man and eat it!

Or at least thatâ€™s what the sticky laminated stained menu tells me and douchebags gotta eat too. As much as I love hot food, I know itâ€™s entering the realm of overly macho men who either eat it hot or eat it big (and sometimes both). Fuck me.

Our love of spicy food is demonstrated in the growing popularity of Thai and Indian cuisines. The general public is beginning to accept flavors more exotic than a Cajun spiced chicken finger. In fact, sriracha is now offered at a lot of restaurants. I assure you it wonâ€™t be long before we slather some kimchi on hot dogs, I have and itâ€™s good.

Like anything that becomes popular, they are dumbed down for a dumb public. So as much as I admire those Trekkie-like hot sauce collectors and the adventurous eater tucking into a Ethiopian goat stew scorching with berbere, I was a little pessimistic when I saw the Fiery Fusion flavors for Doritos and Cheetos. I love hot food and normally when it is in snack form, itâ€™s tepid.

The name was a bit douchebaggy too, Fiery Fusion. It sounds like itâ€™s some kind of new scent. When I hear “fusion” in regards to food, I picture bad Asian cuisine mixed with western elements. Ahi-tuna salad comes to mind. Like flies, these places are inhabited by shaved headed “broâ€™s” in an un-tucked shiny shirt using a pair of chopsticks in one hand and bumping fists with other “broâ€™s” Tapout-style. Good God.

Fusion, however, for Frito-Lay means “Sizzlinâ€™ Cayenne & Cheese.” Both respective packages have “Fiery Fusion” written in red orange to clue you in that it is “sizzlinâ€™” which may be different from sizzling.

Frito Lay has played around with spicy offerings before in regards to both brands. The wasabi dusted Mr. Dragonâ€™s Fire Chips Doritos were a bit flaccid in the heat department but tasty. The progressively hot “Degree Burn” series released by Doritos are another good example. Not one to be eclipsed, Cheetos brought out their FLAMINâ€™ HOT and Cheddar JalapeÃ±o variations. Without a fist bump to spare, I gave in and bought both at the gas station bro.

Doritos Fiery Fusion

Upon opening, an immediate rich smell of peppers emanated from the bag and this was a good sign. The chips had the normal orange look of Doritos without a fleck of red powder. At first crunch, it tastes like a nacho chip crossed with a barbecue potato chip if you can imagine that. Then the comforting vinegar tang hits your senses. The chips had a faint earthy sweetness, almost like brown sugar. While it tasted good, I was ready to chalk up my $1.29 as a casualty because I didnâ€™t sense any heat.

Like sleight of hand, I never saw it coming or in this caseâ€¦taste. A slow burn started to build on my tongue and then it crept to the back of my throat before I even knew it. This was really good. The more I ate, the hotter my mouth became. Surprisingly, the heat also never competed with the flavor unlike so many other spicy chips. I prefer the gradual fire that builds into a storm and would say the effect is similar here.

These chips are the hottest Doritos Iâ€™ve eaten. They taste better and are spicier than the Doritos Flamas that has been selling as of late. And unlike the Flamas, I left no red handprints all over my walls like it was the freaking ending of Blair Witch.

Let me caution you, do not expect a capsaicin-fueled roller coaster or your tongue to IGNITE (as the bag claims it will). Even though these are the spiciest Doritos Iâ€™ve had, it is far from the spiciest food Iâ€™ve ever eaten. I would place the Doritos way above the level of Taco Bellâ€™s Fire sauce but below Tabasco. Still, itâ€™s a welcome punch from a bag of corn tortilla chips. My only complaint is wishing Doritos would turn up the heat a bit more, but thatâ€™s negligible.

Despite my feelings, these Doritos really can back up their claim that these are hot. The burn will linger around for a minute and then itâ€™s gone, like a sip of good angry bourbon. I would buy these again. It satiated my hunger for something spicy and who doesnâ€™t love a Dorito chip now and then? Or a bourbon? Fistbump yo!

Cheetos Fiery Fusion

I waited almost a day to open these, partly because I didnâ€™t want to eat them immediately after the Doritos and not get a clean taste. â€¦Mostly because I spent the rest of the day on a scotch fueled bender celebrating my friendâ€™s birthday. (Extreeeeeme!!!)

So here I am staring at Chester Cheetahâ€™s mug at five in the morning. That creepy ass show about missing people in America is on with a theme song that is as scary as the one from Unsolved Mysteries.

I stared at the bag over the chorus chanting “Missing. These people are missing” (see? I told you it was creepy). I went ahead and opened the bag in a clumsy manner. The smell of corn and fake cheese powder made its presence. I took one out and noticed there were patches of red splotches as if the Cheetos had a rash.

Eating one, it tasted very bland. What the hell? These were really boring. Taking a swig from a can of Sprite that has been lying on the counter since the day before, I went back to bed. I needed to sleep off my impending hangover. Additionally, my mouth felt like I went down on a bag of mulch.

I awoke to the sound of that CBS Sunday Morning opening. Feeling better, I decided to give those Cheetos a second try. Lulled from the trumpet of Wynton Marsalis, I walked into the kitchen and grabbed the bag. After eating a few, I confirmed it for myself.

These were so boring and dry. All I could taste was the corny corn puffs and fake-o cheese powder. The heat barely registered but like the Doritos, it would come up from the backside. That is the only similarity between the two.

I would compare the heat to that of a paper cup filled with coffee and too much non-diary creamer that has been sitting in a conference room for a day because the cleaning staff was too lazy to toss it away and now there is a ring on the table, so please clean it. I donâ€™t care if that is a run on sentence, but itâ€™s the best way I can describe the lack of any burn.

Sizzlinâ€™ Cayenne & Cheese hmm? The cheese part is right but these were terrible if you could not tell. I couldnâ€™t taste the cayenne and eating them felt like a mouthful of Styrofoam peanuts. I donâ€™t know if it needed more salt or more cheese. More heat for sure.

Compared to the Doritos, these Cheetos are the lazy brother who sits around all day smoking pot, perpetually borrows money to buy more vinyls, and at the end of the day has accomplished nothing but a big fart. I know Iâ€™m being harsh, but these just plain sucked. I would rather wear a stupid Affliction t-shirt than eat another.

Even though it cost me $1.29, I want my money back. I feel ripped off and now I know why Chester is dancing on the bag. I want to knock his stupid sunglasses off. The bag is pushing “0 grams of trans fat” instead of how these things are so hot it will melt your eyeballs into a soup that you can drink later. This should have been a clue.

Iâ€™m not sure what makes me angrier, the fact that they are so bland or that the heat is neutered. I want my $1.29 back assholes! And in pennies so I can put them in a sock and flail it into Chesterâ€™s face.

Items: Doritos Fiery Fusion and Cheetos Fiery FusionPrices: $1.29 each (A bargain for the Doritos, an obscene rip off for the Cheetos.)Size: 3 ounces (Doritos Fiery Fusion)Size: 3.25 ounces (Cheetos Fiery Fusion)Purchased at: 7-Eleven (where the bottled water is spicier than these frigginâ€™ Cheetos)Rating: 9 out of 10 (Doritos Fiery Fusion)Rating: 3 out of 10 (Cheetos Fiery Fusion)Pros: In a saturated market of spicy chips, Doritos Fiery Fusion stand out. The Doritos are hot and the flavor alone was delicious, I would eat it even if they werenâ€™t spicy. The heat lingers on both snacks and stays in the back of your throat comfortably. The Cheetos are not as bad as getting scrotum cancer. The Cheetos are also not as bad as a robot led apocalypse.Cons: The Doritos could be a tad hotter. Cheetos are devoid of taste or heat. Fist bumps and sake bombs. The Cheetos have an unpleasant feel in your mouth. Theme song to Unsolved Mysteries. Chester and his sunglasses annoy me. Cunnilingus on mulch.

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9 thoughts on “REVIEW: Doritos Fiery Fusion and Cheetos Fiery Fusion”

Seriously though, I do remember one summer (I think it was in the early 2000s) where everything was “X-treme”. My friends and I started referring to everything as “extreme”, as in “Extreme Target shopping dude!” But you know, boys will be boys.

As far as the actual products reviewed are concerned, haven’t tried ’em. I’m currently in St. Louis, though, and there’s a local chip called Old Vienna Red Hot Riplets which are legendary. I’m used to spicy hot food, but in the midwest, anything ‘spicy’ is usually just a little tangy. The Red Hot Riplets are actually REALLY hot, with an after-burn that lasts quite a long time. It’s nice to know the Doritos Fiery Fusion have a lingering burn as well.

tried the doritos weeks ago and agree 100% with your review. tried cheetos today and I think you got a bad bag or something because at least to me they were hotter then the doritos and finishing the last quarter of the bag was rough.

Best review of a product ever…I agree that the Doritos are delicious and that the cheetos should never have been attempted. Also, the part about beating chester with a sock of pennies…Priceless…I am still laughing about that one.